Video: Guy Lodge and Sir Leigh Lewis - Civil Service Accountability

27 August 2013

Guy Lodge and Sir Leigh Lewis spoke at the Constitution Unit seminar on 18th June 2013 on Civil Service Accountability

Civil service reform has been a core element of
the coalition government's constitutional agenda, with Cabinet Office
Minister Francis Maude publishing his reform plan in June 2012. In
September 2012, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) was
commissioned by Maude to carry out a review into how other civil
services work, with a particular focus on the accountability structures
used in other countries. IPPR is due to report its findings soon, which
will provide the minister with policy advice to inform thinking on
future reform. IPPR's Associate Director for Politics and Power, Guy
Lodge, is heading the research. He will be discussing the results of his
comparative investigation, joined by respondent Sir Leigh Lewis.

Guy Lodge leads IPPR's work on political and democratic reform and
has published widely in this area and on British politics more
generally. Guy regularly comments on British politics and public policy
issues in the national and international media. Before joining IPPR, Guy
worked at the Constitution Unit. He has also worked in the House of
Commons and at the Fabian Society.

Respondent Sir Leigh Lewis was most recently appointed chair of the Bill
of Rights Commission, which reported in December 2012. Previously, he
was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions from
2005 until his retirement from the Civil Service at the end of 2010.
From 2003 to 2005 he was Permanent Secretary for Crime, Policing and
Counter-terrorism in the Home Office and was in that role at the time of
the 7/7 attacks.